Stella Chou

Stella Chou Chou Chuan MLY
周荃
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 1996 – 31 January 1999
Constituency	Taipei County
In office 1 February 1990 – 31 January 1996
Constituency	Taipei 1→Taipei North
Personal details
Born	(1956-07-03) 3 July 1956 Tainan County, Taiwan
Political party	New Party (1993–1997)
Other political affiliations	Kuomintang (until 1993)
Education	Chinese Culture University (BA)

Stella Chou (Chinese: 周荃; born 3 July 1956) is a Taiwanese journalist and politician.

Career

Chou studied journalism at Chinese Culture University and worked as a reporter for several television networks. She stood as a Kuomintang candidate for the 1989 Legislative Yuan elections, and was reelected in 1992. In August 1993, she became a founding member of the Chinese New Party, alongside Chen Kuei-miao, Jaw Shaw-kong, Lee Ching-hua, Wang Chien-shien, and Yok Mu-ming. Later that year, Chou coordinated New Party campaigns alongside Ju Gau-jeng. Chou contested the 1995 legislative elections, winning a third term. She sought New Party backing for a 1997 bid at the Taipei County magistracy, and left the New Party when it chose to nominate Yang Tai-shun. In 2002, business executive Su Hui-chen claimed that she bribed a legislative committee four years prior on which Chou was a member.